A Depressing Week In Philadelphia Sports

If you haven't already noticed/heard, it sucks to be a Philly sports 'phan' lately. The record setting Philadelphia  Phillies (102 regular season wins) ended their postseason with a loss to the Wild-card St. Louis Cardinals.Yes, the same team that barely made it into the playoffs on the last day of regular season play because of the collapse of the Atlanta Braves. Now, the collapse of this Phillies team that had a "World Series or bust" mentality, has left the City of Brother Love in a state of shock. Bob Nightengale, of USA Today, summarizes it best in this article.

Adding insult to injury, the Philadelphia Eagles (1-4) have now lost four consecutive games, with the most recent loss coming to the resurgent Buffalo Bills (4-1). I'm trying to decide which Philly team has had a tougher week, because both of these teams were expected to 'win it all' before the seasons even started! It's not that the Eagles are a 'bad' team, but they find boneheaded ways of beating themselves week after week! For example, they turn the ball over more than any other team in the league, yet their offense is ranked in the top three teams in terms of yards per game and production. Even worse is the fact that these Pro-Bowl corners that we signed can't even tackle! I guess they figure that their talent alone will be able to scare opposing players into just falling over... not. They cannot afford a loss to the division-rival Redskins in the upcoming Sunday. A loss will almost certainly guarantee them to miss this season's playoffs.

On a side note; HOW BOUT THEM FLYERS?!

 

We can always count on the Rocky theme song to inspire us 'phans' (or atleast make an attempt)!